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It is obvious that the computer, an invention of this era, cansave through programming information and documentation ofhuge quantity and different variety needed by researchers. It canalso save additional information and classify it, then it canretrieve the required information with surprisingly fast speed,showing it on the monitor so that the computer user can see theinformation that he wants to retrieve.Computer programming is now available in the Arabiclanguage, as some scholars of Hadith and Sunnah have alreadyapplied it on some books of Hadith. It produced better results insaving the information and retrieving it easily whenever it isneeded.Therefore, after having a detailed discussion among membersof the Council on the real benefits of such programming as wellas its possible hazards, the Council unanimously decided thatprogramming of the Qur’anic sciences is lawful. It also decidedwith majority that programming of the Qur’anic text in computeris lawful, as it renders a great service to the Qur’anic sciencesand it constitutes also a great facilitation to scholars andresearchers, keeping in view the following conditions:First:The specialists are consulted in the technical matters so thatthe computer is utilized in a proper way to avoid any error thatmay lead to changes due to misuse.Second:The programming is in Arabic and all the texts of the Qur’an,Sunnah and other related documents are fully governed by therules and regulations of the language, and the Qur’anic textshould be in the Othmani script.236